If you reduce the volume of the C: drive partition, you may not create Recovery
Media or complete the recovery process successfully because the free space on the
built-in storage device is not sufficient.

1. Open Control Panel, select System and Security, and select Create and

format hard disk partitions under Administrative Tools. (See

Opening

Control Panel

to open Control Panel)

If the User Account Control window appears, select Yes.

2. Right-click the C: drive and select Shrink Volume.

3. Enter the size of the partition to be created in Enter the amount of space to

shrink in MB and select Shrink.

4. Right-click Unallocated and select New Simple Volume.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Hint

If you are signed in to your VAIO computer as a standard user, you may be
prompted to enter an administrator name and password.

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